Northern Bank of the Wei River: Middle Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus trogozntherii
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| The mesial part of a third right upper molar | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shaanxi |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 109.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 109.0° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 189963 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. So |
| Created: | 2017-11-24 01:11:07 | Last modified: | 2017-11-24 01:11:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-11-24 01:11:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63866. | W. GuangBiao, H. SongMei, Y. KeFu, H. YaMei, L. Xin, J. ChangZhu, W. Yuan, Z. JianXin, and W. WenHua. 2010. New materials of the steppe mammoth, Mammuthus trogontherii, with discussion on the origin and evolutionary patterns of mammoths. Science China Earth Sciences 53(7):956-963 [M. Uhen/J. So/M. Uhen] |